Table-bed.



C. R. KLOK.

TABLE BED. APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 20. 1913. RENEWED SEPT 17. 1917.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

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APPUCATION FILED SEPT. 20, \93. RENEWED SEPT 17. I917.

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CARL R. KLOK, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY ivrnsivn ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNITED TABLE-BED COMPANY, A CORPORATION or VIRGINIA.

TABLE-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

Application filed September 20, 1913, Serial No. 790,855. Renewed September 17, 1917. Serial No. 191,895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL R. Knox, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented a certain new and'useful Improvement in Table-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to folding beds of that kind in which the bed when folded is concealed within the body of a table or other article of furniture.

Generally stated, the object of my invention is to provide a novel and highly efficient folding bed of the foregoing general character.

A special object isto provide a construction in which the bed is entirely outside of the table when in use, and in which the bed frame, when folded into a flat bundle, must turn up side down in order to assume a posi tion within the table, the axis of rotation being at one side of the table, whereby the table top may be used while the bed is unfolded.

It is also an object to provide certain details and features of construction tending to increase the general efficiency of a table bed of this particular character.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal section on line 11 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the bed swung out of the table and thus brought into position for unfolding.

Fig. 1 shows the bed unfolded and in condition for use.

As thus illustrated, my invention comprises a table body A having fixed ends a, a fixed side a and fixed legs a The top a is hinged at a*, and the side wall a is hinged at a. By raising the top the side wall a can swing down and into the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4:.

The bed comprises a rectangular frame B of angle iron, and is composed of sections 7), b and 6 The sections 7) and b are connected by relatively long links 6 and the sections 6 and b are connected by relatively short links 6. The section b is pivoted at b to the table body, and is provided with folding legs I), the upper ends of which latter are connected by links I) with the sides of the section. These links have slots 6 which engage the headed pins on the bed frame, whereby said legs can fold. Similar legs 6 and I) are pivoted to thesections b and b and are connected by links 79 and 79 with the links Z2 and 6*, whereby said legs fold and unfold automatically. The said links 72 and b have end portions which overhang the sections, and which prevent the frame from unfolding farther than the horizontal. When the frame is folded, these links 6 and 6 provide space for the mattress and bedding, whereby the entire bed can be folded within the table.

When folded into the position. shown in Fig. 3, the flat bundle thus formed by the frame B must be rotated about the pivots 6 in order to swing the bed into the table. In this position the bed rests on stops C, and the bed is held against unfolding by any suitable means, as by a strap (not shown) buttoned around the same. It will be seen that when thus concealed within the table the bundle can bulge downward, but cannot bulge upward, whereby the top a is always closed without diflioulty. In this way, and by turning the bed upside down, no trouble can be experienced in closing the top of the table, even though the mattress and bedding may be thicker than usual. Also, moreover, the table top can be used while the bed is in use, which is very often a convenience.

The axes of folding motion produced by the pivots of the links 6 and b are all parallel and extend transversely of the bed, regardless of the width thereof, inasmuch as the sections 12 and b are head and foot sections of the frame, the axis produced by the pivots b is fixed and extends along on one side of the table, being parallel with the axes of said frame.

The table is of the right height for use as a library or desk table, having the proper clearance underneath. Also, the bed is of standard height. Thus the two things are combined without interfering with each other. In other words, neither one is sacrificed for the other.

Obviously, therefore, the invention affords one method of solving some of the problems involved in the construction of a practical article of furniture of this kind, in which a folding bed frame of this particular cha-ract'er is combined with a table,but it will be understood is not limited to the exact construction shown and described.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. A table bed comprising a table body, a

bed frame foldable into a bundle outside of said body, and means for pivotally mounting the frame in the body, requiringthe bundle to swing upside down about a horizontal axis at one side of the. body, after the frame is entirely folded, to bring the same within said body.

2. A table bed comprising a table body, a bed frame foldable transversely thereof into a bundle outside of said body, and means for pivotally mounting the frame in the body, requiring the bundle to swing upside down about a horizontal axis at one side of the body, after the frame is entirely folded, to bring the same within said body, and a top for said body, adapted to remain in p0- sition while the bed is in use.

3. A table bed comprising a table body, a bed frame fold-able into a bundle outside of said body, and means for pivotally mounting the frame in the body, requiring the bundle to swing upward and over and upside down, after the frame is entirely folded, to bring the same within said body, said frameicomprising three long and two short pivotally connected sections, and said means being applied to one end of the frame, the said bed thereby having a plurality of parallel axes of folding motion, one of which is formed by said means.

4. A table bed comprising a table body, a bed frame foldable transversely thereof into a bundle outside of saidbody, and means for pivotally mounting; the frame in the body, requiring the bundle to swing upside down, after the frame is entirely folded, to bring the, same within said body, and. legs for the sides of said frame, extending horizontally when the bed is folded within the table, said frame having means for automatically folding and unfolding said legs by the folding and unfolding of the bed.

5. A table bed provided with a transversely folding bed adapted to be concealed therein, provided with means whereby the bed swings bodily out of the table before beed sections, and folding legs for each section, the axis of said sections being parallel withsaid axis of bodily movement, and said axis of swinging movement being fixedrelative to one section of the folding bed-frame.

7. A table bed provided with a transversely folding bed adapted to be concealed therein, provided. with means whereby the bed swings bodily out of the table before being unfolded for use, and a table top movable to permit movement of the bed in and out of the table, adapted to remain in position while the bed is in use and said a-Xis of swinging movement being fixed relative to one section of the folding bed-frame.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 11th day of September, 1913.

CARL R. KLOK.

lVitnesses: v

RACHEL J. RICHARDSON, 'Rosn E. SEHNEM.

Copies of'this patent may be obtainedfor five cents each, by addressing ,thefGommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

